!873 Sheriff's Model in .251 TCR finished... Finally!

[tinkerpearce]

last year I converted an Italian percussion version of the 1873 to test .251 TCR.  It got the job done, but it had issues and I never really thought of it as anything but a test gun. One of the issues war that with the small-diameter of the cartridge the ejector housing on the frame was actually in the way, so I had to remove the cylinder to load and unload.  Not a problem when all you are doing is firing test shots, but a PITA for anything else.  I also didn't like the look of the cylinder, with the liners showing in the gaps where the percussion caps used to be. I finally got around to fixing it, removing the ejector housing from the frame (as Colt did with their original Ejectorless model) and made a bespoke cylinder. It's a pretty big cylinder for six .25-caliber cartridges, so I made it an eight shooter. Now I can use a rod to eject the empties without removing the cylinder, and it holds enough shots that I'm probably not going to need to reload when hunting bunnies and the like.

Here's the Before and After-

   
And a couple more shots-
  

[buzz1761]

Pretty cool.

Buzz

[Bagby]

Cool! How’s it shoot?

Thanks,
Jonathan

[tinkerpearce]

Jul 3, 2020 8:55:49 GMT -5 Bagby said:

Cool! How’s it shoot?

Thanks,
Jonathan

It shot very well with the original cylinder, so I expect it will still shoot well.

[bagdadjoe]

Innovate!!

Nice...

[drycreek]

That’s a neat looking little piece there Tinker. Your gears are always meshing.....

[crazyhorse]

Cool pistol!